We spent a day with our business partner, Poonai, who helps fuel our aircraft at JFK. Poonai and his team always make sure we have gas, which, in this case, is a good thing!
I was a fueler at KBUF and I always liked JetBlue because they were so straight forward. I would pull up, check the fuel panel if there were 12,000 pounds I would just go confirm the reading and that was that. If it was less than I knew I was adding fuel. THe worst thing about it, we had a 20' ladder that I had to climb to hook up the hose. It was always fun climbing the ladder with one hand and dragging that hose up.
Mamba Max That would also be my dream job, already working on that by having flight lessons building up my flight hours for when I’m 16 and test for my pilots license.
I absolutely love what I do! Have had a chance to talk to some amazing pilots who've thanked me on the stupid hot days and the rainy ones. Small things like that make this job the best I've had ever.
Hey man I'm thinking about applying here in Utah, while its fueling you just kind of hang out while its fueling or do you have to watch for things\other responsibilities?
@@hallvarddalen1502 it depends if we're using a tanker which is a truck that we use and then if we're using a hydrant cart flow rates usually go between 290 and 330
Im a curious observer from the good ole US of A. I have extensively traveling background flying big metalic birds. In most major airports, I see either one oil tanker or I see a underground tanker fueling these big birds. For a Airbus A380 with some 85000 gallons capacity, that means we need about 9-10 Oil Tanker trucks to fuel the plane with jet fuel? According to my calculations, it will take many hours to refuel ONE plane. How is this possible? Most of these jumbo jets land and take off for another transoceanic flight in less than 3 hours from landing to take off. So, my aircraft experts, how on earth is this possible? 85000 gallons of fuel = About 550,000 pounds of Fuel on a roughtly 800000 empty aircraft before we add passenger/cargo on top. Something not adding up guys!!!
funny thing is, this so called "sensible" people who think airplanes run on compressed air know nothing practical about the job!!! This isn't earth science. If you want to know, go to the airport and see for yourself what they take in. If you see liquid fuel and you're still convinced it's a hoax, then you got yourself in a hopeless situation
Fueled airlines for 4 years at kbuf... Job sucks... Super hot in summer and ice cold in winter...for minimum wage...the old dc-9a are worst...gauges always inop
Me too. Got accused of causing a delay for USAir and got yelled at by Strang. Until I showed him that I was doing support equipment that day. Then he was like, are you sure? No here is the work sheet that I filled out and signed and the supervisor signed. Lots of suckups and kiss asses there.
Where his safety glasses at? Anyways I do this same job at O'hare, sometimes I'm fueling jet Blues, sometimes I'm fueling commuters and sometimes I'm fueling international planes.
Russian Bot we have worse ones now, they think an airplane uses no jet fuel at all, and runs on either compressed air, or perpetual motion, or anti gravity(I suppose they don't have a consensus)
How do airlines pay for the Fuel they need to fly to the destination Is it like at a Gas pump when we fill up are personal vehicles or work vehicles where they pay for the fuel ahead of time
No its all contracted out. Every couple of years a tender will come out for an airline and different refuelling companies will bid on it and whichever company offers fuel for the cheapest amount wins the contract. I'm not in management at the company I work for but I would imagine at the end of the month the total sales will be sent to the customer and once they review the bill for the whole month and are satisfied with it then they would send payment to the fuel provider.
not that I'm aware of, im a refueller here at my local FBO and all I needed was my tractor trailer license and multi axle vehicle license to drive the fuel trucks (we don't use hydrant trucks like you see in this video our trucks carry the fuel on them) which I didn't have so they let me use their trucks for my road tests. I think each company is going to have their own training program that you would have to do upon hiring.
my FBO has a video training course. forget the name but it's standardized nationally. goes over everything related to line service. towing, fueling, dealing w/ customers, etc, etc, etc. no cost to the employee. mostly we deal w/ biz jets but also airliners, we had a Antonov 124 last couple of weeks. they all use single point nozzles just some have programmable fuel panels.
Lies. You're telling us that all the fuel was pumped in such short space of time in an aluminum wing that fast? Tell us it takes a little fuel and once airborne air does the rest
My Job for JetBlue Is a pilot! I always go on jetBlue from new york to santo domingo for vacation. And when I made it to JFK airport. I see that perfectly blue little airplane.
It's a 5 digit counter not 4 that's 0299X gallons and aircraft don't refill from empty or to completely full just enough for the flight plus a reserve to save weight and fuel burn
I hadn't seen your comment, but basically that's what I said above. "At minute 1:48 they show the gallon counter at 95 gallons and counting. Notice the two zeros to the left of the 95. Then at 2:25, you see Poonai writing down the final gallons. It looks that is about 292 gallons total - that's it. 292 gallons. Notice only one zero left to the left of the number. Let that sink in. Go back to minute 2:00 and it's where they tell us they need more than 6,500 gallons of fuel for the next flight, which will fill 325 SUVs gas tanks. Can you spot the lie?"
@@maretop2002 My guy this is how it works. The hydrant truck, tanker, or hydrant cart dispenses the fuel and is metered in either Gallons or Liters. The aircraft fueling panel will display the fuel on board as Pounds or Kilos. So lets say the Pilot wants 30,000 pounds of fuel, noted as (30.0). You open up the panel and see how much fuel is on board already. Lets say the total is reading (10.0). That's 10,000 pounds of fuel on board. So quick math is 30.0 - 10.0 = 20.0 or 20,000 pounds of fuel you have to add to get to target fuel. if you want to know ballpark how many gallons that is take 20.0 divide by 6.7 (20.0/6.7) = 2985 Gallons of fuel This A320 you can set the fuel load in the panel and the computer automatically starts balancing out all the tanks. You can fit about 6,400-7,190 total gallons in the fuel tanks. So about 14,000 pounds (2000 gallons) or so in EACH wing and the rest goes into the center tank. So yeah, aircraft are all about weight, that's why the fuel panel shows weight (pounds) and NOT volume (gallons). BUT for accounting and billing the customer is billed by the gallon, so that's why the trucks have meters. Also, the wing structure is actually quite HUGE. Don't let the thinness fool you. If you get in under the wing you can see fuel the tank wall. Its large enough on this aircraft that a human can crawl into the tank area (tank divers) for repairs. Hope this answers your questions.
@@maretop2002 Lol you were surely drunk when you wrote that. Or just showed your trust issues if you’d think they’d lie about such an important piece of info on a public platform.
I work line service at a medium traffic FBO. Fueling jet is always fun and satisfying. Idk what it is about it whether it’s filling single point or what.
Hey Nicholas i hope you can help me do you need to be good with numbers(math)? I got offered a job interview but I’m bad with numbers and math and that’s holding me from taking it
@@noname9958 sorry for the late reply but not really. All you need is basic addition and multiplication. A little bit of division too. I do recommend having a good number memory too. Example a king air has 4 tanks, sometimes pilots want something different in all 4 tanks. At least our based king air N21BD usually wants outboards topped and inboards 50 or something. I hope you find this useful and here it is 2 weeks later, I hope you have the job.
Can anyone tell me what it’s like being an aircraft fueler. I have an interview tomorrow for this job but I’m a chem major in a community college and have no idea what I’m getting myself into. I want to be educated before accepting the job.
I just entered the industry and noticed the difference between fuel meter of the airplane and the fuel truck when refueling. Mostly the number on the truck is higher. Is this normal or the airline is paying for less ! Hope someone with experience can answer :)
Fuel on the truck is measured in gallons and on the aircraft in pounds or kilograms due to the fuel density expanding and contracting with the temperatures.
I like that they keep the fueling process simple, BUT Airbuses are the slowest to take on fuel. Boeings fuel so much quicker. Switch to Boeing's and JB wouldn't have so many delays out of Tampa. It'd be even nicer if JB invested in a portable scanner system like Delta has so fuelers can get all their info right in their driver seat prior to fueling and then upload departure fuel info. Work smarter, not harder.
we use I pads and EffectiveFBO. fuel load shows AC# Jet A + or -- or 100LL for recips CSR's take the order, upload it to the system fueler inputs meter #s and gallons pumped for records and billing. fuel info also has notes if needed. works fairly well.
Strange the fuel flow on a single Port Is max 300 gallons per minute, larger jets with double Port max 600 GPM, each Wing has a refueling point (single or double) the only way to pump 600 GPM in a a320 Is to use two fuelers at the same time, and A380 can be refilled up to 1200 GPM in the same manner
people say if you work around the aircraft you are not as nearly smart as working on the aircraft, that's not true, they need to be good at math in order to supply the aircraft with the correct amount of fuel.
Not true lol they tell us the amount and we just select the numbers on the plane fuel panel and pump. JetBlue is fully automatic fueling at JFK, they dont allow us to manually fuel.
That's called the dead man switch, he must hold it for the truck to pump the fuel. If he lets go the truck will automatically stop pumping fuel, it's a safety device it works off of compressed air activating the valve
Im suprised to see this airbus with a belly panel, i fuel at msp and every single a319-a321 ive fueled has thr panel on the wing, the a330 has a belly panel tho
It pays more than retail and other such things. It really depends on the union you'll be under, if you're looking just for a career I would honestly go into something like local or OTR trucking with a CDL. Fueling isn't a horrible paying job but IMO there are other things just about as easy to get into that have a better long term outlook even if they're more demanding, but again it depends on your union. Waiters and waitresses can make even more than both with tips(seriously, know them) but honestly you couldn't pay me 100k to do that job
I’m afueler a Toronto Pearson for Menzies and the wage is 17.50 hr benefits and with a lot overtime everyday not bad good place to workout it’s good money and easy work lota down time
Any tips on connecting the single point nozzle to the air bus I cannot lift it or I am do it improperly .. second day on the job and this is the only thing that's getting me nervous come time for my audit 😭
Here's a tip. Grab the hose with your left hand well done from the nozzle. When you do this bend your knees. Pinch the hose with your left hand against your body and guide the nozzle with your right hand(reverse the hands if you're a lefty). When you stand up you will use your legs instead of your arms to lift the hose, guide and connect with the right hand. If your fuel truck has a basket get it up nice and close to the wing so you're ducking your head, this will ensure that when you stand up with the hose you will absolutely meet the plane.
A gallon of JetA weighs 6.66lbs www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&ei=R0o3XtzGBcOa_Qa7uYSQCA&q=how+much+does+1+gallon+of+jet+a+weigh&oq=how+much+does+1+gallon+of+jetA+&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.1.0.0i22i30l2j33i160j33i299l3.3473.7009..8845...0.1..0.228.954.3j4j1......0....1.........0i71j41j0.AcmxYNDVZqQ
@@sexigrande1792 duh. its just everybody says that the fuel is mainly in the wings. but when I try to check how much fuel the aircraft can carry (in total not only in wings) usually it does not add up with the drawings (schematics). also on the schematics the wings are always portrayed way thicker than irl. I always found it odd that you can check how much coil a steam engined ship or diesel diesel engined ship can carry and how much they need etc and I'm not even talking about cars and trucks, but with airplanes it's all shrouded in mystery.
@@donfanto1 I misread that. this is an A380 wingwww.deeside.com/airbus-could-be-about-to-give-update-on-a380-shutdown-plans/ those are massive areas for fuel. What schematics are you referring to? Manufacturer drawings and aircraft publications which give measurements down to thousands of an inch wouldn’t be as accessible to the public( to my knowledge though I don’t research it) especially military aircraft, that would be a given. I did lots of fuel tank work when I was younger on military aircraft comparable to a 737 in size. Those aircraft could hold 60k pounds total…4 wing tanks and two centre wing tanks. Those wings were tiny compared to large aircraft.
@@sexigrande1792 I know but supposedly A380 can carry up to 315 000+ litres of fuel. on average as I was able to find out it was something like 250 000+.but it would vary. So I roughly know how much it is in volume cuz I used to work in a warehouse where we were storing building materials. anyhow I just googled how but is 315 000 litres in volume (like a visual representation) and it's huge. most common displacement size for the tanks is 10 000 litres. now imagine 31.5 of those and its just for the fuel. so where does everything else go? cargo? hydraulics? all sorts of pumps and pipes? passenger space? all I'm saying is that those numbers don't quite add up and I understand if we were talking about military stuff, but those are just aircrafts of all shapes and sizes. either I'm missing a 0 in every single equation that I do or there is something that is fucky.
@@donfanto1 I’d say off the top off my head 90% of the wings itself can hold fuel. In order to calculate the volume you need the measurements of the wing etc. But I think they have tanks in the tail as well. But if you want to talk about close approximations don’t you think someone who services on a hands on level notice if the figures were nowhere near the manufacturers specs? Even when they’re designed technical documents would have all the volumes. I don’t think they rarely if ever fly with max fuel capacity anyway.
They are not "small" by which I think your pea brain meant thin. Those wheels are around 48" in diameter(rim and tire). The wing root on that a320 is about 36" thick maybe more. Here's a link to the cross section of the a380 wing. Yes they are that thick, that wide, and that long. www.quora.com/Where-is-fuel-in-a-passenger-aircraft-stored-and-what-is-the-typical-capacity
you know weight from numbers, this pea brain has worked in constructions with a tower crane so i know about weights. not just from papers like you, i have experience with weights. i'm also a stud. i have also driven a tractor with up to 20 tons behind me. if there is 320 000 liter kerosene in an A380 that's a weight of 256 000 kg into the wings. how many cars can we stack on an airplane without fuel?
Again, the wings are not thin nor weak. If you can't understand that steel and aluminum as well as other structural metals can have different properties to include strengths and yields then you are seriously lacking for this discussion.
+ 225degrees just like a tire of an A380 can carry 25 tons, the wings are full of liquid. no way there is liquid into the wings. do you understand how much movement there would be in the tanks? to understand this, try an m³ tank of water on a trailer behind a car. drive with a full tank, with a half full tank, and an empty tank and notice the force. now imagine the 3th dimension with this, going up and down. it's just a big scam. and that's how an airplane can float after take off "2009: Airplane crash-lands into Hudson River; all aboard reported safe" it made a safe landing after takeoff. full of fuel but the wings floated. so the ultra strong material the wings are made of, can also float? what can't the wings do?
I was a fueler at KBUF and I always liked JetBlue because they were so straight forward. I would pull up, check the fuel panel if there were 12,000 pounds I would just go confirm the reading and that was that. If it was less than I knew I was adding fuel. THe worst thing about it, we had a 20' ladder that I had to climb to hook up the hose. It was always fun climbing the ladder with one hand and dragging that hose up.
It's all fun and games until you're dragging that single point up a ladder in 20-30 mph winds and freezing your nips off.
One hand climbing a ladder in perfect weather doesn't sound fun much less in scary weather.
Is it a good job? What qualifications do you need?
@@Sk6088 it's a great job
@@jonfitz8280 what qualifications do you need?
This would make a good series. Day in the life of a...
Pilot (my dream job for jetblue)
Ramp agent
Mechanic
Etc
Mamba Max That would also be my dream job, already working on that by having flight lessons building up my flight hours for when I’m 16 and test for my pilots license.
hey its been 7 years, are you a pilot yet?
I absolutely love what I do! Have had a chance to talk to some amazing pilots who've thanked me on the stupid hot days and the rainy ones. Small things like that make this job the best I've had ever.
What is the typical flow rate?
Can I start at 18?
Hey man I'm thinking about applying here in Utah, while its fueling you just kind of hang out while its fueling or do you have to watch for things\other responsibilities?
@@hallvarddalen1502 it depends if we're using a tanker which is a truck that we use and then if we're using a hydrant cart flow rates usually go between 290 and 330
@@qigongkylar944 yeah we use trucks so you have to watch the airplane fueling panel on how much you have to put in it or you will over fuel
no gogles, gloves and bump cap?
It OK he has a hivis vest he'll be fine
Im a curious observer from the good ole US of A. I have extensively traveling background flying big metalic birds. In most major airports, I see either one oil tanker or I see a underground tanker fueling these big birds. For a Airbus A380 with some 85000 gallons capacity, that means we need about 9-10 Oil Tanker trucks to fuel the plane with jet fuel? According to my calculations, it will take many hours to refuel ONE plane. How is this possible? Most of these jumbo jets land and take off for another transoceanic flight in less than 3 hours from landing to take off. So, my aircraft experts, how on earth is this possible?
85000 gallons of fuel = About 550,000 pounds of Fuel on a roughtly 800000 empty aircraft before we add passenger/cargo on top. Something not adding up guys!!!
funny thing is, this so called "sensible" people who think airplanes run on compressed air know nothing practical about the job!!! This isn't earth science. If you want to know, go to the airport and see for yourself what they take in. If you see liquid fuel and you're still convinced it's a hoax, then you got yourself in a hopeless situation
This video is a some because you get to learn about how a plane works
Fueled airlines for 4 years at kbuf... Job sucks... Super hot in summer and ice cold in winter...for minimum wage...the old dc-9a are worst...gauges always inop
Poor thing
I hate the king air 350's, dispatch will call us and say something stupid like "fill the main tanks and put 358 liters in the aux's"
Me too. Got accused of causing a delay for USAir and got yelled at by Strang. Until I showed him that I was doing support equipment that day. Then he was like, are you sure? No here is the work sheet that I filled out and signed and the supervisor signed. Lots of suckups and kiss asses there.
Thats because they run on air!
HAHA, garbage airplanes.
Where his safety glasses at? Anyways I do this same job at O'hare, sometimes I'm fueling jet Blues, sometimes I'm fueling commuters and sometimes I'm fueling international planes.
Raul Ocampo never seen fuelers wear security glasses lmaoo
Are you sure you're filling these AIRplanes with "gas" and not liquid nitrogen,hydrogen or oxygen mix? 🤔
Or is it an industry secret?
I’m applying for this job at O’hare how do you like it ? I need to make some money and they’re paying 21 per hour
@@dodovomitory3496 they're supposed to lol
@@babaduke3298 jet A
MANY AIRMEN USE THE EARNINGS TRANSFER BOARD OF PTS: ETB? OR ETP? OR ETC? BECAUSE THAT IS THE FUEL SUPERVISOR RIGHT JET BLUE AIRLINES?
8-14 a day? thats it? sheesh then im super man lol
Wait so is this when you add the chemicals for the chemtrails lololol I can’t believe those people haven’t made it here yet!
Russian Bot we have worse ones now, they think an airplane uses no jet fuel at all, and runs on either compressed air, or perpetual motion, or anti gravity(I suppose they don't have a consensus)
Chemtrails do not exist it's contrails
Ethan's Aviation lol
What was Yoru first blue City?
How does one apply to this job?
nice
How do you farm fuel? Does it grow on trees or in the ground?
Really nigga? It comes from the ground. made from refining oil.
Dead Dinosaurs buddy... cant farm those anymore, thats why they're trying to look for renewable energy source
Fuel farm Is a depot, in english they call this way, in italiano we call It deposito carburante
I thought jet fuel was much more expensive than what cars use. Under $4 per gallon sounds little.
When you buy in bulk you get a better price. Jet fuel is just high grade diesel fuel, a parafin based fuel.
0:35 okay. 1:39 BITCH THAT'S AN AIRBUS!
How do airlines pay for the Fuel they need to fly to the destination Is it like at a Gas pump when we fill up are personal vehicles or work vehicles where they pay for the fuel ahead of time
No its all contracted out. Every couple of years a tender will come out for an airline and different refuelling companies will bid on it and whichever company offers fuel for the cheapest amount wins the contract. I'm not in management at the company I work for but I would imagine at the end of the month the total sales will be sent to the customer and once they review the bill for the whole month and are satisfied with it then they would send payment to the fuel provider.
Msp airport gets is fuel by underground pipeline from the refinery directly to 3 1 million gallon tanks
The pilot gives his credit card to the fueler to swipe. Haven't you ever seen the movie "Airplane"?
is there any world wide approved training centre or college for aircraft refuelling course
not that I'm aware of, im a refueller here at my local FBO and all I needed was my tractor trailer license and multi axle vehicle license to drive the fuel trucks (we don't use hydrant trucks like you see in this video our trucks carry the fuel on them) which I didn't have so they let me use their trucks for my road tests. I think each company is going to have their own training program that you would have to do upon hiring.
Most fuelers make a few bucks over minimum wage, yeah all that responsibility and they pay you peanuts. It is a job you have to learn by doing.
my FBO has a video training course. forget the name but it's standardized nationally. goes over everything related to line service. towing, fueling, dealing w/ customers, etc, etc, etc. no cost to the employee. mostly we deal w/ biz jets but also airliners, we had a Antonov 124 last couple of weeks. they all use single point nozzles just some have programmable fuel panels.
Lies. You're telling us that all the fuel was pumped in such short space of time in an aluminum wing that fast? Tell us it takes a little fuel and once airborne air does the rest
Sccratlanta I have seen inside the wings before. My thing is we're being lied to
He'll be sniffing glue still
lol. same way you need a lil bit wisdom to open your mouth and once you're speaking your shithole does the rest
Aluminium alloy actually there's a difference
@@ethansaviation2672 Thanks for the correction
Why do you need a PRESSURE GAUGE to pump fuel???Tell the truth
The aircraft system only can take so much pressure
The fuel pressure must not exceed 50psi into the plane or the fueling system can be damaged on the plane. It must be monitored each flight
should be titled "a day in the life of a failure"
How so?
@@DJSbros Because he's got a job pumping gas. The winner is sitting in front of the plane flying it.
Liers ....
You should do a day in the life of a Ramp Agent, people don't really see what happens under the wing and what we have to deal with on a daily basis!
Mets747 exactly cause the type of work we do can be tough.
That’s a great idea. I would love to see what it is like for those guys, marshalers, baggage handlers, push back drivers.
They neglected to show the belt loader parked on the pit and everyone walks away 🤬
@@elsathedemonwolf1035 LOL FACTS
I Have also worked as a ramp agent baggage handler in aircraft marshaler so I get to see it from both sides I don’t know which ones worse lol
So many safety protocols in place because of prior errors... scary
Oh God please please let me do this job correctly. Don't let me mess up this opportunity.
howd it go boss
>our business partner
aka, our underpaid contractor
With no pension, benefits or share options lol
I used to love fueling the SDQ flights. I used to say to myself one day I'mma live out there
My Job for JetBlue Is a pilot! I always go on jetBlue from new york to santo domingo for vacation. And when I made it to JFK airport. I see that perfectly blue little airplane.
Why did he only put 299 gallons of fuel in it when they said it takes 6500?
It's a 5 digit counter not 4 that's 0299X gallons and aircraft don't refill from empty or to completely full just enough for the flight plus a reserve to save weight and fuel burn
Its a great piece proaganda this film. Very satisfying to the masses.
I hadn't seen your comment, but basically that's what I said above. "At minute 1:48 they show the gallon counter at 95 gallons and counting. Notice the two zeros to the left of the 95. Then at 2:25, you see Poonai writing down the final gallons. It looks that is about 292 gallons total - that's it. 292 gallons. Notice only one zero left to the left of the number. Let that sink in. Go back to minute 2:00 and it's where they tell us they need more than 6,500 gallons of fuel for the next flight, which will fill 325 SUVs gas tanks. Can you spot the lie?"
@@maretop2002
My guy this is how it works.
The hydrant truck, tanker, or hydrant cart dispenses the fuel and is metered in either Gallons or Liters. The aircraft fueling panel will display the fuel on board as Pounds or Kilos.
So lets say the Pilot wants 30,000 pounds of fuel, noted as (30.0). You open up the panel and see how much fuel is on board already. Lets say the total is reading (10.0). That's 10,000 pounds of fuel on board.
So quick math is 30.0 - 10.0 = 20.0 or 20,000 pounds of fuel you have to add to get to target fuel. if you want to know ballpark how many gallons that is take 20.0 divide by 6.7 (20.0/6.7) = 2985 Gallons of fuel
This A320 you can set the fuel load in the panel and the computer automatically starts balancing out all the tanks. You can fit about 6,400-7,190 total gallons in the fuel tanks. So about 14,000 pounds (2000 gallons) or so in EACH wing and the rest goes into the center tank.
So yeah, aircraft are all about weight, that's why the fuel panel shows weight (pounds) and NOT volume (gallons). BUT for accounting and billing the customer is billed by the gallon, so that's why the trucks have meters.
Also, the wing structure is actually quite HUGE. Don't let the thinness fool you. If you get in under the wing you can see fuel the tank wall. Its large enough on this aircraft that a human can crawl into the tank area (tank divers) for repairs.
Hope this answers your questions.
@@maretop2002 Lol you were surely drunk when you wrote that. Or just showed your trust issues if you’d think they’d lie about such an important piece of info on a public platform.
Driving them fuel trucks in the summertime ain’t no fun lol
Tell me about it, I am a Fueler at DFW, getting an old truck with no AC at the world’s 3rd busiest airport in 100+ temperatures takes a lot out of you
Question i have fueled in the oilfield. were is the safety googles aprons and rubber gloves?
Fredrick West company doesn’t issue goggles or aprons, only rubber gloves
Are people really this stupid to not know an aircraft uses fuel.
I work line service at a medium traffic FBO. Fueling jet is always fun and satisfying. Idk what it is about it whether it’s filling single point or what.
Hey Nicholas i hope you can help me do you need to be good with numbers(math)? I got offered a job interview but I’m bad with numbers and math and that’s holding me from taking it
@@noname9958 sorry for the late reply but not really. All you need is basic addition and multiplication. A little bit of division too. I do recommend having a good number memory too. Example a king air has 4 tanks, sometimes pilots want something different in all 4 tanks. At least our based king air N21BD usually wants outboards topped and inboards 50 or something. I hope you find this useful and here it is 2 weeks later, I hope you have the job.
Can anyone tell me what it’s like being an aircraft fueler. I have an interview tomorrow for this job but I’m a chem major in a community college and have no idea what I’m getting myself into. I want to be educated before accepting the job.
Sorry I’m seeing this just now or I would have answered. How did it go?
Low pay, hard work, no future. Find a better job somewhere else.
@@ANDROLOMA yea the pay is not as good as I expected
How’d it go
@Eve ?
Not enjoyable when i have to concentrate on something i cant see.
Thank you for posting this!
Seems like if the wings were full, it would make the plane too heavy and when the wings adjust, nobody feels all that weight sloshing around?
So how much do you pay for the worker JetBlue ?
AUTO BALANCE MY ASS!!!!! I Challange any fueler, ground crew, flight crew to post a pic or video of a working auto balance on a POS Airbus.
Now I understand why airline tickets can be so expensive lol
You are a stupid Guy, you understand nothing.....compressed Air.
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I just entered the industry and noticed the difference between fuel meter of the airplane and the fuel truck when refueling. Mostly the number on the truck is higher. Is this normal or the airline is paying for less ! Hope someone with experience can answer :)
Cheese
Fuel on the truck is measured in gallons and on the aircraft in pounds or kilograms due to the fuel density expanding and contracting with the temperatures.
Nobody needs stairs to fuel an embrair?
Moto X3M music still goes hard 🔥🔥🔥
If I'm not mistaken I fueled this very same aircraft. Tail #648 PIT to FLL Fueler for ASIG at Pittsburgh International.
Wow what a coincidence
How many gallons did you fuel?
Most underpaid ever for what we do
Underpaid for just pumping gas? Thanks for the Lolz!
@@frankgrimesification it's the critical role of the process.....you have no idea how economy works......you must be a small child
I like that they keep the fueling process simple, BUT Airbuses are the slowest to take on fuel. Boeings fuel so much quicker. Switch to Boeing's and JB wouldn't have so many delays out of Tampa. It'd be even nicer if JB invested in a portable scanner system like Delta has so fuelers can get all their info right in their driver seat prior to fueling and then upload departure fuel info. Work smarter, not harder.
we use I pads and EffectiveFBO. fuel load shows AC# Jet A + or -- or 100LL for recips CSR's take the order, upload it to the system fueler inputs meter #s and gallons pumped for records and billing. fuel info also has notes if needed. works fairly well.
YES!! Airbus are slow slow slow to fuel.
Strange the fuel flow on a single Port Is max 300 gallons per minute, larger jets with double Port max 600 GPM, each Wing has a refueling point (single or double) the only way to pump 600 GPM in a a320 Is to use two fuelers at the same time, and A380 can be refilled up to 1200 GPM in the same manner
people say if you work around the aircraft you are not as nearly smart as working on the aircraft, that's not true, they need to be good at math in order to supply the aircraft with the correct amount of fuel.
Not true if you can add basic numbers you fine.
Not true lol they tell us the amount and we just select the numbers on the plane fuel panel and pump. JetBlue is fully automatic fueling at JFK, they dont allow us to manually fuel.
Yeah let's see the life of a tanker driver. Where your break room is your truck!
How was that I was thinking about taking a tanker jet A hauler job in Alabama
So no one's gonna talk about that sick motorcycle flip someone did on the way to the airport?
@ 2:03 I'm sorry but 42.200 pounds of fuel does not equal 6,500 gallons. Replace the decimal with a comma.
Why Airhose ? okay compressed air is the fuel. Minute 2.00
Compressed air is fuel? Jet fuel is fuel 🫠🫠🫠
@@sexigrande1792 , fucking NASA - Guy ? Lol
@@peterhoebarth4234 actually petrol shill I like to go by.
LMAO you are hopeless.
That's called the dead man switch, he must hold it for the truck to pump the fuel. If he lets go the truck will automatically stop pumping fuel, it's a safety device it works off of compressed air activating the valve
There was a typo in the video. A gallon of Jet-A weighs approximately 6.7 pounds, not 6-7.
Boring. Shoulda been narrated. Hard to read when you're actually trying to watch the video not read
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This is awesome. I've always wondered about this.
How much can you earn doing this job? Just want to compare with other country.
geez 40 mins to fuel? They need to get some of the NASCAR,\F1 tech
Lmao the NASCAR tech is literally a gas can held upside down.
@@sgtpepper6379 Right, working with gravity lol
Gallons, miles are confusing, try metric units bro!
Allied aviation is trash
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Is this hard to do as someone who been mostly retail since high school sadly
My job pilot of f50 fighters jets I securing air defense.
Im suprised to see this airbus with a belly panel, i fuel at msp and every single a319-a321 ive fueled has thr panel on the wing, the a330 has a belly panel tho
Older a320's have the belly panel.
It depends on the airline
The older narrowbody Airbuses have the wing panel, newer now feature the belly panel
@ 0:23 meet poonai a business partner. partner or employee?
BUT THE PTS,NOT AM ET F TRANSER THE FUEL BILL UNLIKE THE THE TRAILING AIRCRAFT
Absolutely as aviation fuel so clean, Increase fuel level?
I start this job on Tuesday.
me too, but after a month. I hope.
how much does this job pays? i woud like to work at an airport
14.25 in new york
is it a career type of job? is it worth spending time in it? (based on your experience)
It pays more than retail and other such things. It really depends on the union you'll be under, if you're looking just for a career I would honestly go into something like local or OTR trucking with a CDL. Fueling isn't a horrible paying job but IMO there are other things just about as easy to get into that have a better long term outlook even if they're more demanding, but again it depends on your union. Waiters and waitresses can make even more than both with tips(seriously, know them) but honestly you couldn't pay me 100k to do that job
I’m afueler a Toronto Pearson for Menzies and the wage is 17.50 hr benefits and with a lot overtime everyday not bad good place to workout it’s good money and easy work lota down time
What a coincidence......my girlfriend is having her Menzies now!
+jetblue what is the music?
0:07 Ya' sure that's JFK because I see San Juan. I know what scenery lines up next to that runway. No, not ocean.
Currently watching this waiting on my security badge..
Ruine Marie me too...are you refueling planes now?
They'd give you a security position to someone willing to have a crazy avatar pic as you have?
Oh boy. 🙄😑
baba duke dude, shut the fuck up
That's awesome.
$40,700 to fuel up a 737 in March 2020 at $5.97 per gallon.
The visual says, "This flight to LAX needs 42.200 (42 point 200) pounds of fuel." I think you meant to say 42, 200 (
42 comma 200) pounds of fuel.
actually no, on our fuel slips the load would be written as 42.2 (42,200) the period separated the thousands from the hundreds.
POO IN LOO
Does look more like siphoning the s#!++er. 😅
Is this job too industrious ?
Any tips on connecting the single point nozzle to the air bus I cannot lift it or I am do it improperly .. second day on the job and this is the only thing that's getting me nervous come time for my audit 😭
lol
Here's a tip. Grab the hose with your left hand well done from the nozzle. When you do this bend your knees. Pinch the hose with your left hand against your body and guide the nozzle with your right hand(reverse the hands if you're a lefty). When you stand up you will use your legs instead of your arms to lift the hose, guide and connect with the right hand. If your fuel truck has a basket get it up nice and close to the wing so you're ducking your head, this will ensure that when you stand up with the hose you will absolutely meet the plane.
There's knowing how to do it, then there's the skill in actually hooking up the hose. It's not as easy as you think.
How dangerous is this job ?
swissport fuel baby 🤙🏾
Musics annoying😖
you never see any drips come from the pipe even when there winding in pipe
I'm beginning to think we are dealing with some sort of hybrid liquid hydrogen, nitrogen or oxygen, not "petrol".
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A gallon of JetA weighs 6.66lbs
www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&ei=R0o3XtzGBcOa_Qa7uYSQCA&q=how+much+does+1+gallon+of+jet+a+weigh&oq=how+much+does+1+gallon+of+jetA+&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.1.0.0i22i30l2j33i160j33i299l3.3473.7009..8845...0.1..0.228.954.3j4j1......0....1.........0i71j41j0.AcmxYNDVZqQ
Because they nozzles are no drip nozzles.
They will cover that on next generation fueling equipment. It will provides the drips.
Wow we got a real engineer over here
where can i do that course please?
Crap job
no fuel daftys
I like the video and all but as a fueler i just wanna say this guy didn't ground correctly
As a fueler i gotta say.....i wish my station had a hydrant system
How so? The hydrant hose is the ground and he bonded to the aircraft before hooking up the fuel line hose.
Cool!
Nice
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how does so much fuel fit in the wings?
Depends on the aircraft
@@sexigrande1792 duh. its just everybody says that the fuel is mainly in the wings. but when I try to check how much fuel the aircraft can carry (in total not only in wings) usually it does not add up with the drawings (schematics). also on the schematics the wings are always portrayed way thicker than irl.
I always found it odd that you can check how much coil a steam engined ship or diesel diesel engined ship can carry and how much they need etc and I'm not even talking about cars and trucks, but with airplanes it's all shrouded in mystery.
@@donfanto1 I misread that. this is an A380 wingwww.deeside.com/airbus-could-be-about-to-give-update-on-a380-shutdown-plans/ those are massive areas for fuel. What schematics are you referring to? Manufacturer drawings and aircraft publications which give measurements down to thousands of an inch wouldn’t be as accessible to the public( to my knowledge though I don’t research it) especially military aircraft, that would be a given. I did lots of fuel tank work when I was younger on military aircraft comparable to a 737 in size. Those aircraft could hold 60k pounds total…4 wing tanks and two centre wing tanks. Those wings were tiny compared to large aircraft.
@@sexigrande1792 I know but supposedly A380 can carry up to 315 000+ litres of fuel. on average as I was able to find out it was something like 250 000+.but it would vary.
So I roughly know how much it is in volume cuz I used to work in a warehouse where we were storing building materials. anyhow I just googled how but is 315 000 litres in volume (like a visual representation) and it's huge. most common displacement size for the tanks is 10 000 litres. now imagine 31.5 of those and its just for the fuel. so where does everything else go? cargo? hydraulics? all sorts of pumps and pipes? passenger space?
all I'm saying is that those numbers don't quite add up and I understand if we were talking about military stuff, but those are just aircrafts of all shapes and sizes.
either I'm missing a 0 in every single equation that I do or there is something that is fucky.
@@donfanto1 I’d say off the top off my head 90% of the wings itself can hold fuel. In order to calculate the volume you need the measurements of the wing etc. But I think they have tanks in the tail as well. But if you want to talk about close approximations don’t you think someone who services on a hands on level notice if the figures were nowhere near the manufacturers specs? Even when they’re designed technical documents would have all the volumes. I don’t think they rarely if ever fly with max fuel capacity anyway.
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Does jetblue like southwest 🤔
very cool music & video
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at 2:45
look how small the wings of the airplane are. 6500 gallons in those tiny wings? that's insane dude.
They are not "small" by which I think your pea brain meant thin. Those wheels are around 48" in diameter(rim and tire). The wing root on that a320 is about 36" thick maybe more.
Here's a link to the cross section of the a380 wing. Yes they are that thick, that wide, and that long.
www.quora.com/Where-is-fuel-in-a-passenger-aircraft-stored-and-what-is-the-typical-capacity
you know weight from numbers, this pea brain has worked in constructions with a tower crane so i know about weights. not just from papers like you, i have experience with weights. i'm also a stud. i have also driven a tractor with up to 20 tons behind me. if there is 320 000 liter kerosene in an A380 that's a weight of 256 000 kg into the wings. how many cars can we stack on an airplane without fuel?
Not all the fuel is stored/carried in the wings, a good portion is stored in the fuselage and some aircraft store fuel in the tail for ballast.
Again, the wings are not thin nor weak. If you can't understand that steel and aluminum as well as other structural metals can have different properties to include strengths and yields then you are seriously lacking for this discussion.
+ 225degrees
just like a tire of an A380 can carry 25 tons, the wings are full of liquid. no way there is liquid into the wings. do you understand how much movement there would be in the tanks? to understand this, try an m³ tank of water on a trailer behind a car. drive with a full tank, with a half full tank, and an empty tank and notice the force. now imagine the 3th dimension with this, going up and down. it's just a big scam. and that's how an airplane can float after take off "2009: Airplane crash-lands into Hudson River; all aboard reported safe" it made a safe landing after takeoff. full of fuel but the wings floated. so the ultra strong material the wings are made of, can also float? what can't the wings do?